"The group “ough” can be pronounced in eight different ways in English. The following sentence..."

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The group “ough” can be pronounced in eight different ways in English. The following sentence contains all eight:

A rough-coated, dough-faced ploughman strode through the streets of Scarborough, coughing and hiccoughing thoughtfully.

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Just saw this on Facebook. Hooray for English spelling! (via linguisten)

For the word nerds. :) 

(via themarysue)